Legal Opinion
Rodriquez v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 23, 1994No. 12237PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
The petitioner appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the judgment of the habeas court.
The petitioner was convicted after a jury trial of arson in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-lll and 53a-8, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of thirteen years. He appealed, claiming, inter alia, that there was insufficient evidence to sustain a conviction and that the trial court improperly failed to conduct an inquiry into trial counsel’s alleged conflict of interest arising from dual…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simms v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Simms v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- United States v. Donald TeagueCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Blakeney v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Nieves v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Lewis v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Coltherst v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021
- Blakeney v. Warden, State Prison, No. Cv 93 1744 S (Jan. 5, 1996)Connecticut Superior Court · 1996
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